{"id":893898,"date":"2026-09-16T09:02:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/893898\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T09:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:02:27","slug":"nbl-now-the-point-guard-race-mvp-debate-bold-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/893898\/","title":{"rendered":"NBL Now: The point guard race, MVP debate &#038; bold calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hungry Jack&#8217;s NBL27 is here, and Courtney Ward sat down with NBL champion Mark Worthington to unpack the biggest storylines heading into the season, from Brandon Knight&#8217;s arrival in Perth to Bryce Cotton&#8217;s MVP chances, Cole Anthony&#8217;s impact at Melbourne United, Kendric Davis&#8217; title defence with Sydney, and why Cairns could be this year&#8217;s surprise packet.<\/p>\n<p>Plus: championship predictions, MVP picks, Coach of the Year calls, breakout stars, and bold predictions for every contender.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercoach.com.au\/nbl?utm_source=NBLContent&amp;utm_medium=NBL&amp;utm_campaign=Partner&amp;utm_content=Seasonal&amp;sourceCode=SCWEB_EPD_Partners\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"w-inline-block\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789549347_513_6a960795989a8ba3337cdc3b_SuperCoach NBL_ Bottom of Article Image Version 1 1920x250.png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hungry Jack&#8217;s NBL27 is here, and Courtney Ward sat down with NBL champion Mark Worthington to unpack the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-893898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}